Steeped in entrepreneurship since she was a little girl (her father is the co-founder of the Sheraton Hotels chain), Mitzi Perdue is a businesswoman by blood. She went on to start the family wine grape business, and authored more than 1,900 newspaper and magazine articles on family business management, as well as the top-selling leadership […]

Happy New Year! As we welcome the New Year, we want to thank you for being a part of Baruch’s entrepreneurship ecosystem and for making 2017 such a success. We’ve hosted open houses, fireside chats, conferences, and MakerHub events to inspire students to think about entrepreneurship and take the first step towards their dream. Here […]

Casting around for a business idea or already fine-tuning your investor pitch? We looked to Kickstarter for inspiration, where hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs in the art, technology, music, publishing and film industries vie for crowdfunding. Each user’s profile page serves as their pitch, except that instead of presenting to investors, they must capture […]

By Lee Howard Originally published on Fox Business If you’re a small business, you should know there are clever people in not so faraway places working against you, day and night. And if they have their way, they will upend your business and your life, entirely. Just the thought of it, makes them cackle with glee. OK, […]

Launching a student club on campus is one way to become an entrepreneur. Four students recently re-launched an entrepreneurship club for students here at Baruch College called the College Entrepreneurial Organization (CEO). Their goal is to become a close-knit entrepreneurial network that cultivates Baruch College students in their entrepreneurial ventures, ideas and pursuits. “We really […]

How does a family business become an empire? Through offspring, of course – and not just the flesh-and-blood variety. At this year’s Global Family Business Event, father and daughter Johannes and Christina Suriadjaja shared how they each built synergic startups which allow them to divvy up clients, industry contacts and business wisdom. Based in […]

Zicklin School of Business in the Top 10 Undergraduate and Graduate Programs Nationwide for Third Consecutive Year New York, NY – November 14, 2017 – Baruch College’s undergraduate and graduate programs at the College’s Zicklin School of Business were ranked in the top 10 by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine’s survey of the “Top Schools for Entrepreneurship Studies for 2018.” Baruch […]

The College Entrepreneurial Organization is launching at Baruch this Thursday, December 7 to bring together student entrepreneurs who are interested in pursuing their dreams and ventures and establishing lifelong friendships. Get involved in entrepreneurship events featuring guest speakers from the industry, learn about entrepreneurship resources throughout CUNY and participate in workshops that will teach you how […]

Some businesses are forever destined to remain small, especially if you as the entrepreneur are the business. Scaling was never a priority for Ramona Cedeno, founder of FiBrick Financial Services, who came to Baruch College recently as a guest speaker for the ‘Entrepreneurial Experiences‘ undergraduate class. A Baruch alum, Cedeno launched her business two years […]

What is Google Primer? Google Primer is an interactive and easy way for entrepreneurs and small business owners to learn important skills they need to succeed in business. It is a FREE mobile app made by Google and can be used on Android or iOS. It was designed to teach the important basics of digital […]